Hotels

Our international Hotels Group advises extensively on hotel projects and transactions around the world, acting for:

  • developers
  • owners
  • funders
  • investors
  • operators
  • franchisees
  • brand owners
  • asset managers
  • contractors

The Hotels Group comprises lawyers drawn from across our offices in Europe, as well as from our offices in Dubai and China. With our extensive experience, global connections and genuine understanding of the hotel industry, clients rely on us to provide innovative, practical and instinctively commercial advice.

Our specialist expertise includes:

  • hotel management and franchise agreements
  • funds and funding
  • M&A
  • construction
  • planning and development

Credentials

  • Advising Guidance Hotel Investment Company, on the launch of a "Shariah" compliant hotel fund to develop an innovative 15-20 strong chain of 5 star "Shaza Hotels", across the Middle East and North Africa.
  • Advising Bristol International Airport on a new £20 million 250 bed hotel adjacent to the terminal building to be operated by Petersen Airport Hotels.
  • Advising The Ability Group on the purchase of the Cambridge Garden House and its operation as the UK's first Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, as well as the purchase of Dunblane Hydro, Club Med Sicily and Hilton Hotel, Liverpool.
  • Advising Global Hotels & Resorts on all aspects of the establishment and expansion of its fast growing upscale brand, Tiara Hotels, which now has six hotels open or in development in Portugal, France and Belgium.
  • Advising Progress Property on a Hotel Management Agreement with Jumeirah International for a new 160 room luxury Jumeirah hotel with 85 serviced apartments in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Advising CHIL, a hotel investment fund on long term Hotel Management Agreements with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts for two new luxury hotels in Hyderabad and Jaipur, India.
  • Advising EHC Maroc SA, owed by Kingdom Hotel Investments and EHC International, on the $120 million development of a 140-room luxury Four Seasons Hotel with 40 villas in Marrakech, Morocco.
  • Advising BDL Management Limited on a long term Hotel Management Agreement for the operation of a new Express by Holiday Inn Hotel at Epsom Racecourse, constructed and owned by The Jockey Club.
  • Advising Malmaison in respect of hotels in Liverpool, Ready and Aberdeen and De Vere Hotels in respect of The Grand Brighton, The Royal Bath, Bournemouth and The University Arms, Cambridge.
  • Advising Hotel Du Vin on its procurement requirements for hotels in Cambridge, York, Newcastle, Cheltenham, Chester, Edinburgh and Poole.
  • Advising Kew Green on the conversion of 11 Courtyard by Marriott Hotels into Holiday Inns and the acquisition of the Marriott Speke Hotel in Liverpool and conversion into a Holiday Inn.
  • Advising a consortium of banks led by Deutsche Postbank, London on the €250 million refinancing of the world renowned George V Hotel.